A man pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Thursday in a deadly car attack on a crowd of protesters opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia.

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The report is an unsettling reminder that the white nationalist movement is ramping up its efforts to influence educational and political institutions.

"College campuses and their communities should be places for learning, growing and the future, not close-minded racism and hate-filled rhetoric from the past," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a prepared statement. "We're concerned to see that white supremacists are accelerating their efforts to target schools with propaganda in hopes of recruiting young people to support their bigoted worldview."

See the gallery above to understand more about the dangers of the white nationalist movement.